Police officer on patrol and pedestrians in front of Japanese-owned stores in "Little Tokyo" neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Automobile traffic on street in front of businesses in Little Tokyo on East First Street including Hotel Empire. Worker changing a time-restricted "No Parking" sign to a general "No Parking" sign in front of a restaurant. Soldier patrols in front of a store with sign "Hashimoto Co. Boat Supplies" during time when Japanese connected businesses were being closed and Japanese civilians being moved to relocation and internment camps. Dock areas at port with many fishing boats, all empty, and two soldiers on patrol walking on docks. Birds stand near boats at dock. Cars lined along businesses in Little Tokyo, including "A. Nakamura Co." storefront. (World War II period).
Activities of Japanese people in Japan. Japanese and United States scientists work at a laboratory. A Japanese girl mixes chemicals in a test tube. A man looks through a microscope. Technician takes water and pours it in a beaker for examination of malaria, typhoid and plague parasites. Men spray insecticide in water, swamp and drainage besides road. Farmers work in farm. Men dig in field, one man pulls rodent out of hole in the ground and places it in box. Inspector examines cows and milking process. He inspects milk cans and meat in butcher's refrigerator.
U.S. marines approach a Japanese concrete bunker during battle of Saipan in World War 2. Others move across and open field. Fire burning near an abandoned Japanese wheeled cart. Dead Japanese soldiers lying near their abandoned Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun on its tripod.
Review of the ceremonies and the official visits of the Japanese delegates to Hsinking, Manchuria. Crowd greets officials gathering for the signing a protocol. Buildings in the city. People walk on the street. Trees along the sides of the street. A car arrives. Children stand with flags. Officers come out of the car. Soldiers salute them. Buildings in the background. Soldiers stand to greet the dignitaries. A train arrives on a railway station. Japanese delegates and soldiers on the train. An airplane in flight. The delegates arrive at the platform. Soldiers salute them. Soldiers on horses outside the railway station. A clock on the wall. Soldiers stand holding flags. They greet the dignitaries. Japanese delegates in car move on the street. Soldiers on bikes move along the sides of the car. Other cars parked on the street.
Animation shows Allied Naval Air attack over the Philippines island of Leyte during the Battle for Leyte Gulf against the Japanese Naval Air Forces in October 1944. The battle is fought around a chain of islands such as Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. Allied 3rd and 7th naval fleet launch a massive attack and cripple the Japanese naval-air support. Results show heavy damage inflicted to Japanese Naval Air Forces. (World War II period).
A U.S. F-6F lands on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bataan (CLV-29) underway off the Japanese coast. USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) burns and emits heavy black smoke. Antiaircraft flak guns fired at Japanese Kamikaze (suicide dive bomber). Kamikaze crashes in water after being hit. Another Japanese aircraft under heavy flak fire. It gets hit and crashes in water. (World War II period).
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